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The European Union has announced an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — that will mostly go to strengthening border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the...

FLAMANVILLE, France—Early this year, a top European Union official made an eye-catching proposal: A €100 billion public fund that would curb Europe’s reliance on U.S. defense manufacturers, who make nearly two-thirds of Europe’s military hardware. The cash could subsidize European companies to develop and manufacture more weapons at home at a time when the continent faces a growing threat from Russia.

antitrust, Asian competition, the existential question of innovation and growth—there are parallels between then and now. Competition watchdogs in the EU are demanding compliance from March 7th with rules that for the first time breach the “walled garden" which keeps users and developers bound within Apple’s playpen. On March 4th they fined the company €1.8bn ($2bn) for allegedly stifling competition in music streaming.

A division of Etrading Software (ETS), DTIF’s scope is broadening to provide public authorities with greater support in identifying digital asset risks globally, and to instil further transparency in the crypto derivative trading market. Until now, derivatives reporting has focused solely on traditional financial instruments.

Reuters reported on Thursday. The move by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India comes at a time when the country’s popular spice brands are under scrutiny for quality-related concerns after Hong Kong and Singapore banned certain readymade spices from MDH and Everest—considered household names in India for spicing up our daily food palette. The development is not good news for the world’s largest spice producer and consumer.

Maiva Pharma, the Benguluru based pure play injectables Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) catering to US market, has raised Rs 1,000 crores in primary and secondary funding from a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia and India Life Sciences Fund — IV (InvAscent), for a controlling stake from existing investors and infused primary capital in the company. Morgan Stanley PE Asia and India Life Sciences Fund are investing almost equally, total stake with both funds combined will be over 60% post primary investment, the company told ET. This is Maiva’s first private equity fundraise. Few existing high networth individual (HNI) investors will be exiting.

The TOKEN2049 conference in Dubai saw numerous builders, traders, investors, and curious TradFi folks in attendance.

ALSO READ: Microsoft basks in AI glory, revenue up 17% to $61.9 billion That’s comparable to about 10 nuclear power plants and reflects the turbocharged demand for electricity from data centers and artificial intelligence. Technology companies are clamoring for more clean energy to meet their own climate goals, just as overall energy demand is rising. “It is absolutely the largest single announcement for a corporate clean-power purchase agreement ever," BloombergNEF analyst Kyle Harrison said in a message.

GTRI) Wednesday said that nearly $700 million worth of India’s spice exports to critical markets are at stake due to cascading regulatory actions in many countries, as concerns are being raised about the quality of Indian spices. It cautioned that if the EU follows suit with a rejection across the bloc, it could impact an additional $2.5 billion of India’s spice exports. The US, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and Malé have raised questions on the quality of spices supplied by leading Indian firms MDH and Everest. India exported spices worth $692.5 million to these countries in FY24. “This issue demands urgent attention and action to uphold the storied reputation of India’s fabled spice garden,” it said, adding that so far the response from Indian authorities has been tepid and formulaic.

India needs to address the quality issue with regard to its spice exports with urgency and transparency as the ongoing quality concerns could threaten over half of the country's spice shipments, a report said on Wednesday. Economic think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said that every day new countries are raising concerns about the quality of Indian spices. This issue demands urgent attention and action to uphold the storied reputation of India's fabled spice garden, it said. «With nearly USD 700 million worth of exports to critical markets at stake, and potential losses soaring to over half of India's total spice exports due to cascading regulatory actions in many countries, the integrity and future of India's spice trade hang in delicate balance,» the report said.

A long-held truism of ESG is being challenged, namely the idea that the strategy is best-suited to active fund management.

The European Union says it’s investigating Facebook and Instagram for suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide elections

Twenty years after Poland joined the European Union, its finance minister says the country is still not ready to adopt the euro currency

Europe’s economy perked up slightly at the start of the year, recording 0.3% growth in the January-March quarter as the inflation burden on consumers eased and the stagnating German economy, the continent’s biggest, started to show modest signs of life

Also Read: Oil prices decline amid Israel-Hamas peace negotiations, Fed rate cut hopes As of now, Brent crude futures have seen a modest increase of 0.26% in April, while WTI crude futures have experienced a slight decline of 0.55%. Crude prices surged sharply in mid-April, reaching their highest level since October, driven by Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel in retaliation. This was seen as a response to a suspected Israeli strike on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, Syria, earlier in the month.

India is undoubtedly a leading country in the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. A recent survey on cloud complexity by NetApp, a data infrastructure company, revealed that 70% of firms in India have AI projects up and running, as against 53% in the US, and that 91% of the companies in India plan to use their data to train AI models, as against a global average of 62%.

OpenAI is in the eyes of the storm in Europe, as Austrian advocate NOYB (None Of Your Business) had on April 29 accused the AI firm of violating data privacy rules due to inaccurate responses that cannot be corrected.

National Bank of Canada is opening an office in Paris to cater to supranational and government-backed issuers, a segment that’s selling euro-denominated bonds at a record pace this year.

A Russian “crypto ban’ could roll out as early as September 1, top lawmakers in the country have confirmed.

₹5,000 crore may be offered for developing the ecosystem for building inland vessels in the country to support movement of cargo on national waterways. Capital support may also be considered for producers of sea bound vessels at a later stage. At present 14 PLI schemes with an outlay of ₹ 1.97 trillion are under implementation for five years from FY22.

Online fast-fashion retailer Shein must face the European Union’s strictest level of digital regulations